Albrighton
Albrighton is a small village in the civil parish of Pimhill, in Shropshire, England. It is situated on the A528 Shrewsbury-Ellesmere road and is roughly 4.0 miles north of Shrewsbury.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bob Bowyer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 270 residents
- Description: village in the north of Shropshire in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Albrighton, Pimhill”, “Albrighton, Shrewsbury”, and “Albrighton, Shropshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Martin’s Church and St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Battlefield.
St Martin’s Church
Church
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Martin's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Preston Gubbals, Shropshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Battlefield
Church
Photo: Jeff Buck, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary Magdalene's Church is in the village of Battlefield, Shropshire, England, dedicated to Jesus' companion Mary Magdalene. It was built on the site of the 1403 Battle of Shrewsbury between Henry IV and Henry "Hotspur" Percy, and was originally intended as a chantry, a place of intercession and commemoration for those killed in the fighting.
Old River Bed, Shrewsbury
Protected area
Old River Bed, Shrewsbury is a Site of Special Scientific Interest located two miles north of Shrewsbury town centre, to the east of the A528 in Shropshire, England. Old River Bed, Shrewsbury is situated 2½ miles south of Albrighton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Preston Gubbals and Dunnsheath.
Preston Gubbals
Village
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Preston Gubbalds is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Pimhill, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.
Dunnsheath
Hamlet
Photo: Michael Patterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunnsheath is a hamlet in Shropshire, England. It is sometimes spelt as "Dunn's Heath". It is situated on the B5067, Shrewsbury to Baschurch road, in the parish of Pimhill. Just to the north is the small village of Leaton.
Leaton
Village
Photo: Dpaajones, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Leaton is a small village in Shropshire, England. It is situated on the B5067, Shrewsbury to Baschurch road, in the parish of Pimhill. The village has an impressive church, the Holy Trinity. Leaton is situated 1½ miles west of Albrighton.
Albrighton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Pimhill, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.75903° or 52° 45′ 33″ northLongitude
-2.7463° or 2° 44′ 47″ westPopulation
270Elevation
328 feet (100 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB AIGOpen location code
9C4VQ753+JFOpenStreetMap ID
node 611862867OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Albrighton” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Albrighton”
- French: “Albrighton”
- Irish: “Albrighton”
- Ladin: “Albrighton”
- Polish: “Albrighton”
- Swedish: “Albrighton, Pimhill”
- Swedish: “Albrighton”
- Welsh: “Albrighton, Swydd Amwythig”
- Welsh: “Albrighton”
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